The World We Are By Felipe Viveros, Miranda van Schadewijk, and Bas Bruggeman photos courtesy of Felipe Viveros Look at the flower. Could it possibly exist without the rain, the sun, the soil, the gardener, the minerals or even without your consciousness? It could not exist if only one of…
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From Warriors to Peaceful Warriors
Veterans Lighting the Way Brother Phap Uyen and Paul Davis in Conversation Brother Phap Uyen and Paul Davis at Magnolia Grove Brother Phap Uyen (Brother Michael) served in the military during Desert Storm, Desert Shield. He was ordained as a monastic by Thich Nhat Hanh on May 26, 2002, with…
Embracing Ill-Being
Being Truly Present for a Temper Tantrum By Yvonne Mazurek A sleeping baby during the 21-Day Retreat, Plum Village, 2018; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha During the 2017-2018 winter retreat, some of the neighbors joined twenty long-term volunteers in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, for weekly classes dedicated to the Buddha’s…
Dharma Talk: True Presence
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk on being truly present for our loved ones, the Four Mantras of True Love, and loving kindness meditation
On the Way Home (part 5)
Life on the Farm in England I grew up in a part of England near the West Coast that enjoyed the effects of the Gulf Stream. Although temperatures did fall below freezing sometimes and even snow fell, it was not cold like New England is. My mother gave birth to…
Writing Your Autobiography:
A Path to Healing By Janice Rubin I am in my twelfth year of teaching adults to write their autobiographies—a new career begun after I had retired from a career in journalism—and in my fifth year of practice with my Sangha. Without knowing anything about Buddhism or the existence of…
Wake Up Schools: The Joy of Community
By Orla O’Sullivan photo by Richard Brady “Building a Sangha is a very basic practice. If you have a deep aspiration, or a dream to realize, you cannot do it without a community. That is why building a community is very important.” Thich Nhat Hanh spoke these words during a…
Pain, Love, and Happiness
By Khanh Le Van The University of California at Santa Barbara campus was huge. "Wait till you see the gym," said my Dharma brother Arnie. Indeed, for the next five days we 1,300 retreatants would sit together in that gym for meditation and Dharma talks. A team beaded by Wendy Johnson was busy arranging the…
The Path: To Sink or Swim
By Lily Pond At our Sangha meeting one Tuesday night, the Dharma teacher spoke of loving kindness. I nodded and nodded as she spoke. I had spent years reaching the same conclusions: that loving kindness, gentle friendship, and the way of the heart are all that bring joy and rest to our spirits. And on…
Book Reviews
This Tender Place The Story of a Wetland Year By Laurie Lawlor University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 Hardcover, 166 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by Janice Rubin In a volume of fewer than 200 pages, Laurie Lawlor, author of thirty-three books for children and adults, writes the story of a love affair…